Install method was from CDs burned from the .iso images.
Booted of CD
Buslogic SCSI controller, SCSI hard drive for "/" and swap, IDE CD-ROM.
During package selection I selected "Everything" and then selected to
install individual packages. I unselected all i18n packages and clicked
next.
The "Copying setup image to hard drive" progress bar appeared. Setup froze
when the progress meter got to the left edge (100%).
Retrying setup without selecting any individual packages allowed setup to
complete without failure.